Abstract Dynamic response to emergencies requires real time information from transportation agencies, public safety agencies and hospitals as well as the many essential operational components. In emergency response operations, good vehicle dispatching strategies can result in more efficient service by reducing vehicles’ travel times and system preparation time and the coordination between these components directly influences the effectiveness of activities involved in emergency response. In this chapter, an integrated emergency response fleet deployment system is proposed which embeds an optimization approach to assist the dispatch center operators in assigning emergency vehicles to emergency calls, while having the capability to look ahead for future demands. The mathematical model deals with the real time vehicle dispatching problem while accounting for the service requirements and coverage concerns for future demand by relocating and diverting the on-route vehicles and remaining vehicles among stations. A rolling-horizon approach is adopted in the model to reduce the relocation sites in order to save computation time. A simulation program is developed to validate the model and to compare various dispatching strategies
Real-Time Emergency Response Fleet Deployment: Concepts, Systems, Simulation & Case Studies
01.01.2007
30 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Emergency Vehicle , Response Time , Deployment , Real-Time , Optimization , Simulation Business and Management , Business Strategy/Leadership , Operation Research/Decision Theory , Regional/Spatial Science , Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing , Control, Robotics, Mechatronics , Operations Management
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